Sole and heel for boots, shoes, and the like



May M 1.926,

SURRIDGE, JR

SOLE AND HEEL FOR BOOTS, SHOES, AND THE LIKE Filed April 21 1923 `.000000000 0 0 0000 0 0 0 0 0 ,.0r0r00w00 0.00.00000 Zyl g .//lllla//A/f,

RoERT SURRIDGEJR., mveNToR BY @Mah/5W' ATTORNEYS Patented May 11:, 1926.

UNITED STATES PA'IEN'PA oFFlcE.

ROBERT sUnnIDeE, JE., 0E LONDON, ENGLAND.

soLE AND HEEL Eon Boors, snoEs, AND'frHE LIKE."

Application led April 21, 1923.. Serial lio. 633,77.y

. This invention relates to rubber soles and heels of the kind which are caused to adhere to the existing, new or otherwise, leather;

rubber, fabric or like soles and heels of foot-- Such soles' and heels have been preL composed of pure rubber with an adrnixturef0 of sulphur and carbon as vulcanizing agents,

- so that, in use, theheat of-the foot of tbey wearer and the pressure due to his Weight will gradually vulcanize said surface or backing which is thus' caused to unite with the sole into a practically homogeneous mass.-

One' form of the invention in so far as it.

relates torubber soles for -boots is illustrated byv the Yaccompanying drawings of which Figure 1 is-a face view of a sole before ap,- plication to a boot, parts being broken away to illustrate the construction, Figure 2 isa section on ythe line 2-2 of Figure 1, the transverse dimensionsl being exaggerated for Ithesake of clearness, and Figure 3 is an.

elevation of a boot with an india rubber sole applied, the sole of the boot being'shown partly in section.

As shown in the drawings and particularlyin Figures 1 and 2, a rubber sole a is noulded under pressure in the ordinary man-` .ner adopted in general rubber manufacture but having a @cure which is known in the rubber trade as an under cure.' This under curef`leaves the vulcanized rubber sole a in such a state that when the backing b is applied to' said sole ait combines withthe sole a to form one solid mass. Thisbacking b consists. of pure rubber, a; small percentage of sulphur (about 10%) and some carbon (about 1%) or-other known sub-` stance which will 'assistsaid pure rubber to vulcanize. The backing compound is prepared in any 'usual mixing machine and is then passed through a calendering machine on to a linen fabric c so as to form a layer on said fabric 0,.,f convenientthickness,

vpreferably about- T51, thick. As-an alter- .native the compound b may be spread on to thelinen c in the' form of solution. A I

The vulcanized rubber sole a is now fixed to the layer of backing compoundb by first roughing the surface of said vulcanized rubber sole a by any known means and applying two thin coats of rubber solution to said sole a, (allowingthe first to dry'before-applymg the second) and, then, lwhen the sec-A ond coatis dry placin the vulcanized rubber sole a on the bac ing compound b so that the rubber left from th'elrubber solu-I tion, from which the solvents have now evaporated, is in contact with 'the surface ofsaidbacking b, when Isaid 'vulcanized'sole a will amalgamate with the backing b to form a solid mass, 'as hereinbeore mentioned, so

that said backinggcompoundb becomes of said vulcanized rubber sole a.v

l To attachthe rubber sole a b to the'sole'e` of a boot (see Figure 3'), the boot sole e-is roughene by anyknown means and'two' coats of a solution, 'which 'consists of'hard Par rubber brokenv inY a solvent which is 1 made up' of equal proportions `of carbon# tetrachloride and' trichlorethylene, are Y brushed into the roughened surface,the first coat being allowed tod-ry in before the 'secpart ond is applied; a single coat of said solution f is also given to the backin Z2 ofthe rubber sole after the linen. fabric cfllas been stripped therefrom, as indicated iny Figure 2. The action of this solution is diiferent'to .that of other rubber solutions inasmuch ass all solvents of a petroleum nature enetrate leather when. applied ,thereto an dry on they vunder side .leaving rubber on the surface, Whereas in the solution abovel mentioned the 'solvents do not soak into the leather buthaven an opposite effect in that they evaporate' u wards and dry rapidly, and so yallow the rub ber-to sink into the boot sole e as shown at d'. When the solvents have dried off, upwards as .1

"'hereinbefore mentioned, the mprc'ived-l sol'ef` a b ie-appliaifw the sole e of the boot' f and;.;"

a strong adhesion is set up between the rubf i vber b' and the leather d which d'rawa'the rubber sole a b tightly on to the leather d and thus "obviates the use ofexternal" pressure to make certain of a firm combination I of thetwo.

The boot or shoe may be worn immediate# ly the sole has been applied. l

While lthe rubber sole a b is in use the weight'of the wearer and the natural warmth of his feet act upon the backing compound b between the vulcanized rubber sole a and f the existing sole e of the boot f, causing a slow curing action to takeplace which .gradually welds the rubber sole a b to the to la leather shoe or the like, whichcomprises applyinga cement solution consisting of chlorethylene to the leather sole and to a vulcanizablesurface :of the rubber sole, al-

rubber, Vcarbon tetrachloride and tri-'- lowing the cement to dry, pressing the so treated surfaces together, and permitting the heat and pressure from. the wearers foot to plermanently vulcanize the rubber sole to the s oe.

2Q The method of attaching an'india rubber tread sole to the ordinary leatherr sole of a boot consisting in moulding a rubber sole under pressure, vulcanizing said sole tothe state of undercure, applying to said sole a backing of ure rubber containin an admixture of sulpflirur and carbon, noug ening the surface of the leather sole and applying to the roughened surface and to said backing a solution of hard Para rubber in equal parts e-fvvcarbon tetrachloride and trichlorethylene, allowing the solvents to dry off and pressing the treated surfaces together. y

ROBERT SURRIDGE, J UNR. 

